THE RMT is demanding a rethink over planned timetable reductions in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. South Western Railway has calculated that demand for commuting and business travel will stay lower, at least for the foreseeable future, but this will be offset by a small increase in leisure travel. It has

TRAINS are running again between Ely and Peterborough after the collision between a train and a tractor at Kisby level crossing near March last week. Both the train and tractor driver received minor injuries, but Network Rail said ‘significant’ damage was caused to the railway when the train’s locomotive collided with

ANOTHER leak has raised concern still further that the eastern leg of HS2 is unlikely to be built in the foreseeable future. Although the western leg between London and Manchester is progressing, with construction underway on Phase 1 to Birmingham, the government has been declining to make any commitment to Phase 2b

Photo: PA The RMT union has declared a dispute with Thameslink over claims there has been a “potentially lethal” Legionella outbreak on its trains. The union said it has prepared its members on Thameslink for strikes if urgent action is not taken to resolve the issue. Also see The company said a low

THE RMT has declared a dispute with Govia Thameslink Railway over the discovery of 'actionable traces' of legionella in seven toilets on four Class 700 Thameslink trains. The bacteria can cause a serious type of pneumonia called Legionnaires' disease, and is associated with water tanks and related systems.  The union said

AN investigation has been launched into the collision between a tractor and a freight train at a user worked level crossing in East Anglia, and it is now known that both the train and tractor driver received minor injuries. Network Rail says 'significant' damage was also caused in the collision at

updated 12.14A FREIGHT train has collided with a tractor on a level crossing in East Anglia. The train driver was slightly hurt and the train has been partly derailed. Services between Ely and Peterborough have been disrupted. Network Rail's head of safety for Anglia, Richard Tew, said: 'At approximately 09.10 this morning

EUROSTAR has started to restore its timetable, which was reduced to a skeleton service as a result of the Covid-related travel restrictions. There was concern that the operator would not survive, but it reached an agreement with its shareholders and the banks in May. The company says it is running an extra

THERE are more predictions that the demand for rail travel is set to continue increasing until it reaches pre-Covid levels. However, the pattern of demand seems likely to change, with softer peak hours but greater demand for leisure travel. The latest person to take this view is rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris,